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Agree. I had a job where they would find whatever they could to give you a bad review then they would fire you six months later.
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meenakumar wrote: ...after reviewing the project budget again, I 've found there were many delays.
Is that much true?
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Dear boss,
After looking over your review procedure I have decided you need to be downgraded. Being I aware of the project situation prior to my review, and not discussing any delays In the review, subsequently using such delays as a reason for downgrading my review, shows a lack of competence.
May I suggest we wipe the slate clean, and re-do the review process, perhaps this time being a little better prepared?
Yours
Meen
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Where others see road blocks I see opportunity.
You now have proof that a yearly review can be changed after the fact.
Time to meet the boss in the parking lot with 5 friends and appropriate hardware.
I'm sure he can be convinced to issue another 'post review' adjustment.
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Hi Meenakumar,
Sorry to hear about this disturbing event.
My reaction is similar to the views expressed on this thread by "The Reincarnation."
I would take these steps;
1. Evaluate very carefully if you can afford to leave this job now: if you can't afford a change, or job-prospects look dim where you are: ignore the rest of what I say 
2. The issues of whether you, and your boss, both signed the review, and whether you have a signed copy, and whether all copies are dated, is, legally, an important one. Make sure you have that "pinned down" before contemplating any formal action.
If you have, in writing, a statement from your boss that the downgrade to your evaluation is necessary because of "budget reasons:" that's a "smoking gun" that could be very useful in any formal, or legal, action.
Also relevant, legally, are any written documents you signed when you were hired that describe your job, your status, whether you are a full-time employee, whether you receive health benefits, etc. If you are a "temp," or an "independent contrator:" I don't think you have any options here.
3. Other possible financial issues: do you have any sign-on bonus that would not be paid if you quit, or were laid-off, before some date in the future.
4. Evaluate how much "damage" the company could do to your career if you filed a legal labor-related complaint. And, labor-laws will vary from country-to-country (in the U.S., they vary from state to state). Best to consult a local labor attorney who has, hopefully, some experience in the software industry.
All this sums up, to me, in the questions: "are you willing to take action, possibly to 'go over your boss' head,' to take formal legal action which means (cue: sound of cash-register ka-ching, ka-ching) paying money to lawyers ?
Whatever you decide, good luck, Bill
"What do humans depend on: words ! We're suspended in language: we can never say what's up: or, down. We must communicate experience and ideas, but in ways that do not become ambiguous, and lose objectivity.
For parallels to quantum theory: we must turn to psychology, or to paradoxes thinkers like Buddha and Lao Tzu illuminated, examining reality, as both observer, and actor, in human life's small-scale micro-cosmic drama."
Niels Bohr, 1937
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Give him a review about the delays in his work, which is actually looking at your work.
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Trying to send myself some money. How hard can that really be? But, oh no, I have to jump through hoops to send my money from one bank account to another (okay, 2 countries) but so what? It's my elephanting money?
One question was: How did you get this money?
Not sure I helped by writing: Through hard work.
What do these people expect you to say? "Oh yes, it's for a high level drug deal" or whatever? Elephanting morons: the only people money laundering rules affect are those that are not actually laundering money.
AAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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mark merrens wrote: the only people money laundering rules affect are those that are not actually laundering money
I find this is true for many laws
If it moves, compile it
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mark merrens wrote: What do these people expect you to say? "Oh yes, it's for a high level drug deal"
No. They are looking for answers that are easily verifiable.
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Perhaps.
There is one (UK based) bank that always asks for a reason when you want to withdraw or move money around, apparently regardless of the amount.
Last time I said "None of your business" which I then saw her write on the form as "customer uncooperative".
So I called the manager and said "I am not being uncooperative, I'm just telling you that it is none of your business what I do with my money".
"We need to know".
"Has anyone ever said that they will use it for something illegal?"
"No"
"So mind your own business". That account got closed.
I guess I'm just mad at how petty regulations can elephant with your mojo and turn a good day into an elephanting frustrating one.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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I have to agree with the sentiment about banks though. I hate them and haven't had one for ten years now, solely because I can't stand dealing with them.
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Where do you keep your funds then?
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You going to rob me? I buy gold and I use my missus account to get my wages paid into and bills to go out. So I use a bank account but I don't own one so therefore don't have top deal with them.
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Your wife has to deal with them though 
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My wife deals with ours too, I never need bother. Ain't wives great?
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Probably easier than dealing with you know who.
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LOL. Was just wondering how you dealt with things in this wired world if you didn't deal with banks. There are other options like holding cash and using services like Western Union. But using your wife as intermediary is free.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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The Reincarnation wrote: I use my missus account
Coward, hiding behind your wife;s skirts cos you're too timid to deal with the banks.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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I'm curious - I often hear about people changing banks for customer service reasons, you say you 'can't stand dealing with them'. In what way do you have so much interaction with your bank that this becomes a problem? I almost never go to my bank - the only reason would be if someone gives me a cheque and that is rare these days. I do all my banking online (and even before the internet, ATMs saw me much more thanreal-life tellers).
I've never had cause to have any 'customer service' type interaction with my bank, either here (NZ) or in the UK.
How is it that banks manage to piss people off so much?
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I had a student account which came with an interest free overdraft. But the first month they charged me interest. This meant I had to either ring them up(the amount of money they had taken out would have been similar to the amount for the phone bill so I would have lost out either way)or go in and speak to them. I went in and spoke to them, the lady was very nice and apologetic and assured me it wouldn't happen next month. She lied. I went in again got the same assurances about it not happening the next month.But It did.
It got to the point that I would wait 3-4 months before going in and getting the past 3-4 months interest paid back in in one go. Each time they assured me it wouldn't happen again and every month it did. This went on for 4 years. For 4 years they could not sort out a simple thing as not charging interest on an interest-free overdraft. If they had been over paying me interest on my savings they would have spotted it straight away and sorted it. I can think of no other business where you would need to go in monthly for 4 years in order to sort out a simple problem which they should have done correct in the first place.
This is just one example of many I have had with the Wankers I mean Bankers.
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mark merrens wrote: "We need to know".
There's no law that specifies that each transaction should be accompanied by an excuse.
Drugs, hookers and alcohol.
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I find this similar to the memo line on checks. The only checks I write go to one of my roommates, who owns the house we live in. I write all kinds of ridiculous things on the memo line each month, such as "Assassin Fee" and "Midget Stripper Cleanup".
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I have several important and private documents I would like to try 'scanning' with my digital camera. On or two very quick experiments shows image quality and size are excellent.
Two problems I found though were the yellowing of white paper - I was advised not to use the flash, so the the ambient light colour in the room seems to have dominated. What should I do about lighting? Use an artificial electric lamp with a very white light, or use sunlight in a much more brightly lit room?
My other problem is crinkles and folds in the documents that clearly show in the 'scans'. One's first though is to place a piece of glass over the document to flatten it, but that brings the risk of reflections. Is there some kind of material I can use in place of glass that is highly transparent, but non-reflective? Something I could get from a photography or art shop, or maybe a printing supply shop?
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Can you not back light it somehow?
Place it on glass with a light underneath it, then more glass on top?
Isn't that kind of how scanners work?
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I was going to mention that as well. Many all-in-one printers can scan images. I've found the quality to be good enough and if it isn't, any half-decent imaging software can make corrections without losing much of the original warts and all.
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